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Blackhead

The scaup duck.

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Blemish 76% connected

To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind.

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Defect 76% connected

Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.

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Mar 76% connected

A small lake. See Mere.

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Cutis 70% connected

See Dermis.

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Skin 70% connected

The external membranous integument of an animal.

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Tegument 70% connected

A cover or covering; an integument.

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Comedo 92% connected

A small nodule or cystic tumor, common on the nose, etc., which on pressure allows the escape of a yellow wormlike mass of retained oily secretion, w…

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Whitehead 92% connected

The blue-winged snow goose.

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionalism noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionality noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Fertility noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Prolificacy noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Ability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment

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Accuracy noun · 84% connection

(mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number; "the atomic clock enabled scientists to measure time with much grea…

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Adequacy noun · 84% connection

the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Air noun · 84% connection

a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; "an air of mystery"; "the house had a neglected air"; "an atmosphe…

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Appearance noun · 84% connection

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

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Bad noun · 84% connection

that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

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Believability noun · 84% connection

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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Fenland noun · 84% connection

low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres of marshland"; "th…

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Anseres n. pl. · 78% connection

A Linnaean order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were in…

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Apron noun · 78% connection

The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck.

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Beduck verb · 78% connection

To duck; to put the head under water; to immerse.

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Bergander noun · 78% connection

A European duck (Anas tadorna). See Sheldrake.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scaup, duck.
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Bluebill noun · 78% connection

A duck of the genus Fuligula. Two American species (F. marila and F. affinis) are common. See Scaup duck.

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Broadbill noun · 78% connection

A wild duck (Aythya, / Fuligula, marila), which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; -- call…

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Buffel duck unknown · 78% connection

A small duck (Charitonetta albeola); the spirit duck, or butterball. The head of the male is covered with numerous elongated feathers,…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scaup, duck.
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Bufflehead noun · 78% connection

The buffel duck. See Buffel duck.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scaup, duck.
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Bummalo noun · 78% connection

A small marine Asiatic fish (Saurus ophidon) used in India as a relish; -- called also Bombay duck.

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Butterball noun · 78% connection

The buffel duck.

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Callow noun · 78% connection

A kind of duck. See Old squaw.

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Canvasback noun · 78% connection

A Species of duck (Aythya vallisneria), esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn; particularly Ch…

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Coot noun · 78% connection

The surf duck or scoter. In the United States all the species of (/demia are called coots. See Scoter.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scaup, duck.
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